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Unfortunately , you could see that the bone broke through the skin - you could see one of the people on the bench immediately cover it up with a towel.
 

This sounds bad, but if he ever plays basketball again, a broken leg is easier to come back from than tearing ligaments.
 


Reportedly a few of his Louisville teammates on the bench vomited after seeing it. Prayers for that young man.
 



I've got Duke here. One of two people that have Duke going all the way. Lots of people with Louisville all the way.
 

Gopher Gold said:
Reportedly a few of his Louisville teammates on the bench vomited after seeing it. Prayers for that young man.
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Doesn't surprise me. Sometimes injuries happen away from the action and the bench has no idea what happened. This one was point blank right in front of all the coaches, players and a pretty significant bunch of their fans. Nobody missed it.
 

Just watched an HD replay. That looked really bad. I've never seen a compound fracture like that. It appeared that a good 12" of bone was sticking out.
 

Addicted2Gophers said:
Wow really praying for him! Hoping his teammates pull out the win for him!
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Louisville was playing tough defense before the injury, but they turned it up another notch after. If they can keep it together emotionally , they can win the game.
 



Any orthopedic surgeons on this board who want to comment on what kind of a recovery he might have?

(I haven't looked yet. Probably won't.)
 


I played rugby with a guy when he broke his leg like that - never forget it. He was 'lucky' in that it happened at the old U rugby/soccer pitch that was just south of Cooke Hall back then - it was all open practice and intramural field from Cooke to Washington Ave. It was before cell phones so we literally ran to the U hospital to get emergency help - they had him in the ER withing 20 minutes of it happening. For those days that was amazing. We are talking mid70s.

That was before major reconstruction was possible - he was in the hospital almost six months - about two months in traction and another four in rehab. The bone shards had cut tendons and ligaments all over. He was a mess and never walked well again after that - had a cane for as long as I knew him. Maybe five years after the original injury. He would be mid50s now and probably has had that knee replaced at least once since then. He probably walks better now than he did in the 70s after the injury. That is how far things have come.

With that as positive news the Louisville player has a real good shot at full recovery. My daughter works at U Fairview in rehab - in PT - she sees some messed up folks totally recover and considering the resources available to big time athletes its even more likely. I would be optimistic until you read otherwise.
 

You can see by the looks in the Louisville players eyes that they are not going to lose this game. If there has ever been a team on a mission , it is these Cardinals.
 



Boy, what I wouldn't give for either one of the Louisville guards to be running the point for the Gophers.
 

bigticket1 said:
You can see by the looks in the Louisville players eyes that they are not going to lose this game. If there has ever been a team on a mission , it is these Cardinals.
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Yup...
I agree.
Ugliest uniforms ever, though.
 

The break was f***ing gruesome.

All you can do is cross your fingers that the break was relatively clean.

Dude will be in a cast minimum 4-5 months.
 

Pitino says broken in two places, and he hopes to have him back in a year.
 

I asked my daughter, who is a medical student, to look at it (because I couldn't) and she said that she thought an orthopedic surgeon would be able to repair it by using screws to put the bone back together and he would be able to walk fine again. She didn't know enough to speculate about his future in basketball.
 

bigticket1 said:
You can see by the looks in the Louisville players eyes that they are not going to lose this game. If there has ever been a team on a mission , it is these Cardinals.
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Haven't watched that much of the tournament, but every time I've seen Louisville, I've had the same impression as yours. Russ Smith is absolutely relentless. Say what you want about Pitino, but he's really got this athletic squad playing great basketball. Hope they take it all.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Pitino says broken in two places, and he hopes to have him back in a year.
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That would seem reasonable if only a break. The amazing thing is those bones will now be stronger than the other leg - having broken bones myself playing rugby I can testify to that.
 


jamiche said:
I asked my daughter, who is a medical student, to look at it (because I couldn't) and she said that she thought an orthopedic surgeon would be able to repair it by using screws to put the bone back together and he would be able to walk fine again. She didn't know enough to speculate about his future in basketball.
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At least she is honest enough with you to admit that
 

jamiche said:
Any orthopedic surgeons on this board who want to comment on what kind of a recovery he might have?

(I haven't looked yet. Probably won't.)
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Reddit commenter:

Open fractures, which we used to call compound, are tough. You have to wash them out, then close the skin and hope it heals. The skin in front of the tibia isn't very vascular, so there could be wound complications.
I fix these fractures with an intramedullary nail. That's a rod that goes inside the middle of the bone, spanning from just below the knee to just above the ankle. Stays in forever. If the fibula needed it I'd out a plate and screws in that.
Recovery is 6-8 months minimum. The tibia needs a bones stimulator sometimes because it doesn't heal fast. Most common problems are anterior knee pain and slow healing.
Source: I'm a trauma and sports Orthopaedic surgeon.

That was one of the weirdest scenes I have ever seen in sports when all the players were keeled over for louisville.
 

gopherskynet said:
That was one of the weirdest scenes I have ever seen in sports when all the players were keeled over for louisville.
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No posing just genuine concern by his teammates - real life - something we rarely if ever see in the theater that is big time sports.

Best wishes to him and his family and hope he has a speedy and complete recovery.
 

gopherskynet said:
Reddit commenter:

Open fractures, which we used to call compound, are tough. You have to wash them out, then close the skin and hope it heals. The skin in front of the tibia isn't very vascular, so there could be wound complications.
I fix these fractures with an intramedullary nail. That's a rod that goes inside the middle of the bone, spanning from just below the knee to just above the ankle. Stays in forever. If the fibula needed it I'd out a plate and screws in that.
Recovery is 6-8 months minimum. The tibia needs a bones stimulator sometimes because it doesn't heal fast. Most common problems are anterior knee pain and slow healing.
Source: I'm a trauma and sports Orthopaedic surgeon.

That was one of the weirdest scenes I have ever seen in sports when all the players were keeled over for louisville.
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The HQ photo on the front page of r/wtf just blew my mind.
 

The reaction by the Louisville bench was Epic...let's not show immediate concern...let's bail out and throw up in our towels!
 

Parski1 said:
The reaction by the Louisville bench was Epic...let's not show immediate concern...let's bail out and throw up in our towels!
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Have you ever seen one of those in real life - right in front of you? I have its pretty horrific. Not everyone can keep the cookies down.
 

lugnard said:
Have you ever seen one of those in real life - right in front of you? I have its pretty horrific. Not everyone can keep the cookies down.
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Don't get me wrong...I would have ran too!
 

Parski1 said:
Don't get me wrong...I would have got sick.
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You might surprise yourself - I didn't puke. I and another were sent for help - immediately. Others did first aid as best they could.

There were guys there who did puke and thankfully they went away - off to the side like the Louisville players that just slumped over - at least they weren't in the way.

You never know how you will react in a situation like that until you are there.
 

lugnard said:
You might surprise yourself - I didn't puke. I and another were sent for help - immediately. Others did first aid as best they could.

There were guys there who did puke and thankfully they went away - off to the side like the Louisville players that just slumped over - at least they weren't in the way.

You never know how you will react in a situation like that until you are there.
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I have been in a couple situations even worse. Depends if its happening to me or somebody else. Don't do well with me.
 

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